TARNÓW STATE COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Mateusz BILIŃSKI PORTRAIT OF FEMME FATALE IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE Project presented in part fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Licentiate in Tarnów State College‚ written under the supervision of dr Dominika Ruszkiewicz TARNÓW 2013 CONTENTS
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melodrama‚ the sexuality that was once muted‚ was turned up to create the femme fatale. The femme fatale is a necessary component of mise-en-scene in the film noir genre. * Femme Fatale The femme fatale was first seen in pre-WWII. During the time of the time of the war‚ melodrama‚ a genre that did not include the femme fatale‚ became the popular genre of film. After the war‚ with the birth of film noir‚ the femme fatale became more widely featured. Post WWII‚ many women became independent
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Edgar Allan Poe “The Oval Portrait” : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MAIN STORY AND THE EMBEDDED ONE. “The Oval Portrait” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe involving the harrowing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. The final version of the text is a revision of an earlier story known as “Life in Death”. Poe improved his novella by eliminating narrator’s penchant for opium and modifying the conclusion. It allowed him to achieve purely didactic piece of writing
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Alexander McQueen FEMME FATALE From victimization to femme fatale‚ Evans(2004) notes the progression of “prey” to a more powerful image of “predator”. Evans(2004) examines the differences between the 1890’s Femme Fatale and McQueen’s representation in his Dante collection1996. A key point made by Evans(2004) in terms of fin-de-siècle femme fatale is “the woman whose sexuality was dangerous even deathly‚ and whose terrifying allure would tinge the male desire with dread” 100 years later
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to a post war society characterised by insecurity about gender roles‚ the economy‚ changing definitions of race‚ and nuclear technology. One of the cultural problems the term genre attempts to address is the gender question. The familiarity of the femme fatale character across film noir is the predominant cause for discussion amongst feminist theorists. Feminist theorists became‚ and still remain‚ interested in the woman’s portrayal in noir because the majority of quintessential film noirs were manufactured
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1.0 Executive Summary D&S Realty‚Inc.‚ is an corporation in the city of Georgetown Guyana. This corporation is capitalized by two stockholders: Shelroy Johnson and David Foo Jnr. who are both licensed brokers and sponsoring brokers of this firm. The licensed brokers of this firm will sponsor licensed real estate agents( independent contractors) in the country of Guyana. This corporation will formalize the real estate services offered. D&S Reality Inc. will be opening its doors for operation in
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Commentaire de texte : The Oval Portrait‚ Edgar Allan Poe From Selected Tales‚ Penguin‚ Popular Classics The Oval Portrait‚ a short story from Edgar Allan Poe‚ lies in the fact that art and life are deadly linked. The passion for art and painting is described as causing death since the painter’s determination to make a portrait of his wife will cause her death. As in most of Poe’s short stories‚ the setting takes an important place in the story. We could say that it has even an influence on
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or effectiveness. This all reflects that state of mind of the people and their need to re-establish order. Femme’s fatales had to be brought to justice in the end because society was not ready for a world where the ‘good wife’ does not win out. The femme fatale is to be seen as a dark warning of what happens when the family unit is corrupted. All men that fall into her web of seduction are also punished and held up for example. The society needed these examples to scare the ‘little lady’ back into
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First written in the 1880s and extensively revised in 1908‚ The Portrait of a Lady is often considered to be James’s greatest achievement. In it‚ he explored many of his most characteristic themes‚ including the conflict between American individualism and European social custom and the situation of Americans in Europe. James proclaimed that “The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent reality.” Plot was for him but the extension of character. The novel must
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Marriage for a Femme Fatale is not a promise of love‚ romance and connection but rather one of unhappiness and darkness. In this film the family home is just a location to which displeasure thrives‚ and where Mr. Dietrichson hardly notices his wife both mentally and physically. In many noir films marriage life is almost sadistic‚ in Double indemnity it is clear that marriage and sexuality contrast each other‚ and that death and pleasure are the same thing. Another aspect of femme Fatale marriages
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